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Prospect Heights Bike Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Prospect Heights Bike Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back near Forest River, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi643 – 676 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Prospect Heights Bike Trail 42.09245, -87.90930
Nearest town Forest River, IL
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Prospect Heights Bike Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 644–676 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Prospect Heights Bike Trail · 42.09245, -87.90930

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Transit-accessible: Wolf & Edward (Prospect Heights Metra) stop 21 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Prospect Heights Bike Trail, heading N.
  2. 2 miBear left, heading W.
  3. 1 miReach Prospect Heights Bike Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 2.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/prospect-heights-bike-trail-out-back-9-km-a3e1

Trail surface

99% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:11 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Wolf & Edward (Prospect Heights Metra) stop 21 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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